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A critique of the Employers and Manufacturers Association case for new regulation of employment advocates, focusing on whether the publicly identified evidence demonstrates widespread advocate-specific consumer harm.
Employment Court procedural failures are sometimes attributed to non-lawyer advocates, but this article examines reported examples showing that competence and compliance problems can also arise with lawyers and represented parties.
An example of MBIE employment mediation incorporating tikanga and karakia in a way the participants experienced as constructive, while keeping the mediation focused on resolving the employment dispute.
When workplace suspension is justified, the consultation and contractual issues employers should consider, and how an unnecessary or unfair suspension can become a separate unjustified-disadvantage grievance.
A practical framework for distinguishing ordinary misconduct from serious misconduct after the 2026 remedy amendments, with emphasis on the contractual standard, the facts proved and proportionality.
A drafting problem in a mediated s 149 settlement where clauses about when agreement became binding did not align with a separate requirement for mediator sign-off, creating an avoidable enforcement dispute.
How prize draws, discounts or other incentives for Google reviews can create problems under Google's review policies and New Zealand consumer law, especially where incentives are hidden or tied to positive sentiment.
Shine Lawyers applied to IPONZ to revoke No Win No Fee Kiwi Limited's registered 'No Win No Fee Kiwi' trade mark for non-use while pursuing its own 'No Win, No Fee No Nonsense' applications. No Win No Fee Kiwi filed a counterstatement and evidence of use.
